Never judge a book by its cover!!
Oct 19, 2009 | 04:18 PM
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From: lincoln
Never judge a book by its cover!!
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Oct 19, 2009 | 04:21 PM
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From: Essex
Looks very nice
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Oct 19, 2009 | 04:52 PM
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From: ESSEX
What are your plans for it
Oct 20, 2009 | 07:05 AM
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From: lincoln
well stripped down at the minute just started to sort body work out as the next series of pics will show still undicided what power plant to go with?
Oct 20, 2009 | 08:14 AM
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From: Lincoln
Hey welcome to Pf
Liking the project, oh and good to see another local
Looks like you live quite close going by the pics
Oct 20, 2009 | 08:19 AM
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From: Darlington county durham
Top project mate.I hope you dont get sick of it like some people do.
Oct 20, 2009 | 03:06 PM
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From: lincoln
Never get sick best car of all time for me. PF all the way
Oct 20, 2009 | 03:23 PM
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Oct 20, 2009 | 03:28 PM
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From: Doncaster
bloody hell that arch looks bad. was that underneath the plastics.
Oct 20, 2009 | 07:57 PM
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From: Lincoln!
Hey up buddy good to see another Lincoln lad! Not seen your motor going round before though?
Got a turbo'd Bonus myself
Oct 21, 2009 | 06:33 AM
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From: lincoln
Yeah the arch was under the plastics which were stuck on!!
Oct 21, 2009 | 03:54 PM
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From: ESSEX
Got you work cut out there ,looks like the boot floor rust was covered up with the sound proofing
Oct 21, 2009 | 04:03 PM
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From: stockton on tees
the rust strikes again,you will get there in the end,just do it properly.
Oct 21, 2009 | 04:05 PM
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From: Sunny Devon
you should have some good practice at welding looked quiet good b4 youstripped it keep the updates coming
Oct 21, 2009 | 04:37 PM
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Heres just a few more pics of just how bad the rust actually is. carn't belive that it had an mot before i ripped it apart only on road for 3 months. how do you get a years ticket with all that rust i wonder!!!!
Inside front arch
Sunroof water ways
Drivers floor pan
N/S Chassis rail
O/S Chassis rail
Rear quarter
O/S sill
Inner O/S front wing!
All the red oxide is just where i've cleaned it up to see the extent for time beein!!!!
Shocking
All this with an M.O.T!!!!
Oct 21, 2009 | 04:42 PM
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From: stockton on tees
think i would just reshell that mate
Oct 21, 2009 | 04:47 PM
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From: lincoln
Its Not Dead its in for cosmetic surgery, No graveyard just yet.
Oct 21, 2009 | 04:49 PM
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i'd be re-shelling that one im afraid!
Oct 22, 2009 | 06:59 AM
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From: cheshire
yeah even if you looked for a basic 1.3 popular or something to reshell to, thats harsh that is.
Oct 22, 2009 | 08:28 AM
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From: lincoln
yeah i know that would just not be genuine. bit of hard work never hurt anyone
Oct 22, 2009 | 08:41 AM
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From: suffolk Drives:orion mk2 zetec
wheres the fun in a reshell!!that can be made good as new with a bit of hard wrk, if u can weld its gonna cost u next to nothing
Oct 22, 2009 | 02:49 PM
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From: South Wales
good luck with it mate, theres a fair bit of work there.
Oct 22, 2009 | 04:51 PM
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From: Tarxien, Malta
mate dont reshell it! just stick with it
Oct 22, 2009 | 08:03 PM
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From: Dublin,Eire.
its only metal mate, just cut the old shite out and weld in nice new stuff but do it right my man, as long as you have the patience to finish it, this is how we keep the RS badge alive my friends
Oct 29, 2009 | 02:21 PM
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Just found the pics of the underside before and after!
In red oxide for protection at the moment!
Oct 29, 2009 | 02:28 PM
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From: Nottinghamshire
good work there dude! keep it up
Oct 29, 2009 | 02:36 PM
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Originally Posted by
spitch
Hi quite new to this site but just wanted to share my wrek with you, I think this is going to be a long project!!!!
These are wht it looked like before!
Will post some more pics of the strip down soon got night shift to do now!
Ah another Lincoln lad! Hello...
Good luck with the resto, im sure with a bit of work it'll be a cracking car!
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Lincolndanny
Hey up buddy good to see another Lincoln lad! Not seen your motor going round before though?
Got a turbo'd Bonus myself
When are you gonna be taking us out for a proper drive in the Bonus then!? Or do i have to sort that out with Trish!?
Oct 29, 2009 | 05:35 PM
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From: Westhoughton Bolton
woah and i thought mine was rusty! should be fixable depending on how much time and money uou have got!
Oct 29, 2009 | 06:01 PM
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From: blair atholl
wow thats a lot of rust
keep it up
Oct 29, 2009 | 06:28 PM
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From: South Wales
stick with it mate and it'll get there
Oct 29, 2009 | 07:50 PM
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From: kent
Theres a fair bit of work there.
So good luck with it mate.
Just stick with it.
Oct 29, 2009 | 10:34 PM
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From: Southend On Sea
Thats a shit load of tin worm!!!! Will be good to see how it progresses from sheet to sweet!
Oct 29, 2009 | 11:22 PM
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From: Ireland/Donegal
All with a M.O.T jes he must have been blind.Its a big job but keep up the good work it'll be worth it in the end
Oct 29, 2009 | 11:44 PM
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From: maidstone
if u get this escort all done and welded up fair play mate the amount of time that will take
Oct 30, 2009 | 12:17 AM
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From: lincoln
Will be back on it when i've got my everyday car rebuilt for its mot
Oct 30, 2009 | 12:23 AM
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From: UK Mainland
Ahh its not too bad. I think mine was in a similar state. You'll be well satisfied when its all finished tho man.
Oct 30, 2009 | 12:28 AM
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From: lincoln
Heres a couple of pics for the everday cars backend repair!
BEFORE
AFTER
Oct 30, 2009 | 05:13 PM
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From: south west
looks like mine but a bit worse,keep it up m8,glad you decided not to reshell for the same reason as me.keep it genuine.
Mar 22, 2010 | 09:44 PM
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Mar 22, 2010 | 09:54 PM
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Originally Posted by
spitch
It Has happend the mighty tin worm has beat me on this body it's to rotton to repair so it's of to turbo heaven. but do not dispair new one on it's way will post pic's as soon as it arrives with a new thread
Gutted for you mate, what's the next one like?
Really cheeky, but have you sent it to the scrappy yet?
If not could i come round and whip a couple of bits off the shell to save mine with, just need the bits underneath the front footwell, they look in good nick in the pics.
Never judge a book by its cover!!
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Got you work cut out there ,looks like the boot floor rust was covered up with the sound proofing
All this with an M.O.T!!!!
It Has happend the mighty tin worm has beat me on this body it's to rotton to repair so it's of to turbo heaven. but do not dispair new one on it's way will post pic's as soon as it arrives with a new thread 
